Books 

• Blanford (2024) Geographic information, geospatial technologies and spatial data science for health. Pp376. CRC Taylor & Francis.

• Johnson, N. & Klass, J.I, (2003) The Impact of Crop Improvement on Rural Poverty: An Analysis of Bean Varieties Resistant to Bean Golden Mosaic Virus in Honduras. In Mathur, S. & Pachico, D. (eds.) Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction: Some Issues and Evidence. Economics and Impact Series 2. pp241-258. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT publication no. 335). Cali, Colombia. Pp 268. 

Full List of publications

Link to Google Scholar

1. Blanford, J.I. and Kioko, K. (2025) A multidimensional space-time geospatial analysis for examining the spatial trends of vector-borne diseases: 20 years of malaria in Kenya. Acta Tropica. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X25003092 

2. Marghidan, C. P., Nairn, J.,  Blanford, J. I., van Aalst, M. and Mistry, M. (2025) Untangling the fragmented landscape of extreme heat services and warning systems. Environmental Research - Letter. 20 101002

3. Primera, R., Blanford, J.I., Lemmens, R., Ronzhin, S. (2025) A Comprehensive Approach to Curriculum Development: Integrating a 5-Phase Redesign, ABC Learning Design, and GeoCourseHub Ontology for Multi-Modal Geospatial Education. SEFI Conference

4. Song, C., Atun, F., Blanford, J.I., Anthonj, C. (2025) Impact of flooding on mental and social health of older adults – A scoping review. Water Security. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468312425000045 

5. Frazier, A., Nelson, T., Kedron, P., Shook, E. Dodge, S., Murray, A., Goodchild, M., Battersby, S., Blanford, J., Claramunt, C., Holler, J., Koylu, C., Lee, A., Manson, S., Salap-Ayca, S., Wilson, J., Zhao, B.,  Bennett, L., Cabrera-Arnau, C., Franklin, R., McKenzie, G., Miller, H., Oshan, T., Rey S., Rowe, F., Shook, E.,  Spielman, S., Xu, W., (2025) Evolving Curriculum for GIScience in an Age of Disruptions. Transactions in GIS. 29:e70048. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/tgis.70048

6. Blanford, J.I. (2025) Temperature variations across space and time: making statistics fun with geographic information and spatial analysis. Primus 

7. Beerlage de Jong, N. and Blanford, J.I. (2025) Mapping the Risk of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Europe for Informed Vaccination Decisions. Journal of Travel Medicine. https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jtm/taae153/7925792

8. Kioko, C. and Blanford, J.I. (2025) Malaria survey data and geospatial suitability mapping for understanding spatial and temporal variations of risk across Kenya. Parasite Epidemiology and Control. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673124000631

9. Al-Huraibi, A., Amer, S., Blanford, J.I. (2025) Efficient allocation of vaccination centers to maximize coverage using common modes of transportation such as the bicycle. Geospatial Health. https://www.geospatialhealth.net/gh/article/view/1293 

10. Poague, K.I.H.M., Ramos, A.P., de S. Lopes, C. B., Concalves, G.V.L., Damasceno, M.B.R., Blanford, J.I., Martinez, J.A. and Anthonj, C. (2025) WASH-friendly schools for whom? Integrating the perception of different stakeholders in Brazil. Social Science and Medicine. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953625000826

11. Nelson, T., Frazier, A., Kedron, P., Dodge, S., Zhao, B., Goodchild, M., Murray, A., Battersby, S., Bennett, L., Blanford, J., Cabrera-Arnau, C., Claramut, C., Franklin, R., Holler, J., Koylu, C., Lee, A., Manson, S., McKenzie, G., Miller, H., Oshan, T., Rey S., Rowe, F., Salap-Ayca, S., Shook, E.,  Spielman, S., Xu, W., Wilson, J. (2025) A Research Agenda for GIScience in a Time of Disruptions. IJGIS

12. Amer, S., Augustijn, E-W., Anthonj, C., Tjaden, N., Blanford, J.I., van den Homberg, M., Rinaldi, L., van Rompay, T., Zurita-Milla, R. (2024) The present and future of Geospatial Health: achievements, innovations, priorities. Geospatial Health. https://www.geospatialhealth.net/gh/article/view/1355

13. Blanford, J.I. (2024) Managing vector-borne diseases in a geoAI-enabled society. Malaria as an example. Journal of Acta Tropica. 260. 107406.   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X24002870 

14. Tjaden, N.,  Geeraedts, F., Riezebos-Brilman, A., Kioko, C., Al Naiemi, N., Blanford, J.I., Beerlage-de Jong, N. (2024) The power of interactive maps for communicating spatio-temporal data to health professionals. Geospatial Health

15. King, J., Primera, R., Verkroost, M.J., Verheij, L.,Cray, L., Blanford, J.I. (2024) Collaborative course (re)design: adapting learning design to support curriculum transformations. SEFI Conference, Lausanne, September 2024

16. Logan, J.J., Knudby, A., Leighton, P. A., Talbot, B., McKay, R., Ramsay, T., Blanford, J.I., Ogden, N.H., Kulkami, M. A. (2024) Ixodes scapularis density and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence along a residential-woodland gradient in a region of emerging Lyme disease risk. Nature Scientific Reports 14, 13107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64085-6

17. Sznajder, K., Eshak, T., Biney, A., Dodoo, N., Wang, M., Toprah, T., Blanford, J.I., Jensen, L., Dodoo, F. N-A. (2024) Adverse childhood experiences are associated with HIV risk factors in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2024.2354378

18. Ifejube, J., Kuriakosa, S.L., Anish,T.S., van Westen, C., Blanford, J.I. (2024) Analysing the outbreaks of leptospirosis after floods in Kerala, India. International Journal of Health Geographics. 23. 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-024-00372-9

19. Logan, J.J., Ramsay, T., Blanford, J.I., Ogden, N.H., Kulkami, M. A. (2024) Knowledge, protection, and perception of Lyme disease in an area of emerging risk: results from a survey of adults in Ottawa, Ontario. BMC Public Health. 24, 2024867. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18348-6

20. Poague, K. Blanford, J.I., Martinez, J. Anthonj, C. (2024) Preparing schools for future pandemics: Insights on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene solutions from the Brazilian School Reopening Policies. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

21. Ferguson, L.A., Taff, B.D., Blanford, J.I., Mennitt, D., Mowen, A.J., Levenhagen, M., White, C., Monz, C.A., Francis, C.D., Barber, J.R. and Newman, P. (2024) Understanding park visitors’ soundscape perception using subjective and objective measurement. PeerJ. 12:e16592 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16592 

22. Blanford, J.I. and Verplanke, J. (2023) Transforming curriculums for an age of multi-modal education: a 5-phase approach. SEFI conference, Dublin September 12th 2023

23. Robert, B.N., Cherono, A., Mumo, E., Mwandawiro, C., Collins, O., Gichuki, P., Blanford, J.I., Snow, R.W., Okiro, E.A. (2023) Spatial variation and clustering of anaemia prevalence in school-aged children in Western Kenya PlosOne

24. Logan, J.J., Hoi, A.G., Sawada, M., Knudby, A., Ramsay, T., Blanford, J.I., Ogden, N.H., Kulkami, M. A. (2023) Risk factors for Lyme disease resulting from residential exposure amidst emerging Ixodes scapularis populations: a neighbourhood-level analysis of Ottawa, Ontario. PlosOne

25. Marghidan, C. P., van Aalst, M., Blanford, J.I., Guigma, K., Maure, G., Pinto, I., Arrighi, J., and Marrufo, T. (2023) Assessing the spatio-temporal distribution of extreme heat events in Mozambique using the CHIRTS temperature dataset for 1983-2016. Weather & Climate Extremes

26. Kioko, K. and Blanford, J.I. (2023) Malaria in Kenya during 2020: malaria indicator survey and suitability mapping for understanding spatial variations in prevalence, intervention and risk. AGILE Conference Short Paper

27. Tjaden, N. and Blanford, J.I. (2023) ENDIG. Interactive GeoVisualisation of Notifiable Diseases for Disease Surveillance Systems in Europe. AGILE Conference Short Paper

28. Al-Huraibi, A., Amer, S., Blanford, J.I. (2023) Cycling to get my vaccination: how accessible are COVID-19 vaccination centers in the Netherlands? AGILE Conference Short Paper

29. Marghidan, C. P., van Aalst, M., Blanford, J.I., Marrufo, T. and Maure, G. (2023) Extreme heat alerts and impacts across Mozambique 2016 - 2022: gathering evidence from media articles. AGILE GIScience Ser., 4, 11, https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-4-11-2023. Reproducible AGILE badge

30. Mahama, P. N. J., Kabo-Bah, A. T., Falchetta, G., Blanford, J. I., Yamba, E. I., Antwi-Agyei, P., Asiedu-Bekoe, F., Awuah, E., & Yieri, J. (2023). Leaving no disease behind: The roadmap to securing universal health security and what this means for the surveillance of infectious diseases in Ghana as a precedent for sub- Saharan Africa. PLoS ONE, 18(4), [e0284931]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284931

31. Poague, K.I.H.M., Blanford, J.I., Martinez, J.A. and Anthonj, C. (2023) Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools in Brazil pre-and peri-COVID-19 pandemic: are schools making any progress? International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 247. 

32. Mahama, P. N-J., Kabo-Bah, A. T. , Blanford, J. I., Yamba, E. I., & Antwi-Agyei, P. (2022). Reviewing the past, present, and future risks of pathogens in Ghana and what this means for rethinking infectious disease surveillance for Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 4589007:18. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4589007

33. Marghidan, C. P., van Aalst, M., Blanford, J.I., Guigma, K., Maure, G., Pinto, I., Arrighi, J., and Marrufo, T. (2022) Assessing the spatio-temporal distribution of extreme heat events in Mozambique using the CHIRTS temperature dataset for 1983-2016. Conference Paper. GISRUK2022, https://zenodo.org/record/6408101#.YlA96DWxVPY, Liverpool, UK

34. Poague, K.I.H.M., Blanford, J.I. and Anthonj, C. (2022) Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools in low- and middle-income countries: A Systematic review and its implications for COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

35. Blanford, J.I., N. Beerlage-de Jong, S. Schouten, A. Friedrich, V. Araujo-Soares (2022) Navigating travel in Europe during the pandemic: from mobile apps, certificates, quarantine to traffic light system. Journal of Travel Medicine

36. Blanford, J.I. Bowlick, F., Gidudu, A., Gould, M., Griffin, A.L., Kar, G., Kemp, K., de Róiste, M., de Sabbata, S., Sinton, D., Strobl, J., Tate, N., Toppen, F., Unwin, D. (2021) LOCKDOWN LESSONS: an international conversation on resilient GI science teaching. Journal of Geography in Higher Education

37. Blanford, J. I. and Jolly, A. M. (2021) Public health needs GIScience (like now!). AGILE GIScience Ser., 2, 18, https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-2-18-2021.  Presented at AGILE 2021 Conference. June 9, 2021; Greece

38. Anthonj, C.,Githinji, S., Hoser, C., Stein, A., Blanford, J.I., Grossi, V.  (2021) Kenyan school book knowledge for water, sanitation, hygiene and health education interventions: Disconnect, integration or opportunities? International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 235:113756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113756 

39. Felmlee, D., Blanford, J.I., Matthews, S. A., and MacEachren, A.M. (2020)  The Geography of Sentiment towards the Women’s March of 2017. PLos ONE 15(6): e0233994. 

40. Blanford, J.I. and MGIS Geog 586 Students (listed in alphabetical order T. Belcher, T. Black, E. Derner, J. Dunham, E. Galvan Campanero, M. Gority, R. Jones, B. Kaley, J. Kuli, R. Ligon, E. Mandal, T. Quink, J. Shinsky, M. Sodek, N. Teigland, S. Turner) (2020) Pedal Power: Explorers and commuters of New York Citi Bikesharing scheme.  PLoS ONE 15(6): e0232957 

41. Green, B. and Blanford, J.I. (2020) Estimating populations in refugee camps: a toolkit using remotely sensed data. Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Pp 2197- 2206.

42. Blanford, J.I., Kennelly, P., King, B., Miller, D., Bracken, T. (2020) Merits of capstone projects in an online graduate program for working professionals. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 

43. Donkersely, P., Blanford, J., Queiroz, R.B., Silva, F.W.S., Carvalho, C.M., Al-Sadi, A.M. Elliot, S. (2018) Witch’s Broom Disease of Lime (Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia): identifying high-risk areas by climatic mapping. Journal of Economic Entomology

44. Pfau, L. and Blanford J.I. (2018) Enhancing wilderness search and rescue through the use of geospatial data and technology. The Professional Geographer.

45. Taber, E.D., Hutchinson, M.L., Smithwick, E.A.H. & Blanford, J.I. (2017) A Decade of Colonization: The spread of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in Pennsylvania and implications for disease risk. Journal of Vector Ecology 42 (1): 3-12.

46. Logan, J.J., Jolly, A.M., Blanford, J.I. (2016) The Sociospatial Network: Risk and the role of place in the transmission of infectious diseases. PlosOne 11(2): e0146915. 

47. Blanford, J.I., Huang, Z., Savelyev, A. and MacEachren, A.M. (2015) Geo-located tweets. Enhancing mobility maps and capturing cross-border movement. PlosOne 10(6): e0129202  DataLink

48. Cirucci, J.F., Miller, D.A. Blanford, J.I. (2015) Retrospective GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: A Case Study of California Waste Transfer Station Siting Decisions. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies. May 18-20.

49. Blanford, J.I., Bernhardt, J., Savelyev, A., Wong-Parodi, G., Carleton, A.M., Titley, D.W. and MacEachren, A.M. (2014) Tweeting and Tornadoes. Presented at 11th International ISCRAM Conference Proceedings, May 19-21.

50. Paaijmans, K.P., Blanford, J.I., Crane, R.G., Mann, M.E., Ning, L., Schreiber, K.V. & Thomas, M.B. (2014). Downscaling reveals diverse effects of anthropogenic climate warming on the potential for local environments to support malaria transmission. Climatic Change

51. Blanford, J.I., Blanford, S., Paaijmans, K., Schreiber, K., Crane, R., Mann, M., Thomas, M.B.  (2013) Implications of temperature variation for malaria parasite development across Africa. Scientific Reports. 

52. Paaijmans, K.P., Heinig, R.L., Seliga, R.A., Blanford, J.I., Blanford, S., Murdock, C.C. & Thomas, M.B. (2013). Temperature variation makes ectotherms more sensitive to climate change.  Global Change Biology.

53. Robinson, A.C., Pezanowski, S., Stevens, J. Mullins, R. , Blanford, J.I., Bianchetti, R. and MacEachren, A.M. (2013) Sharing and Discovering Map Symbols with SymbolStore.org. Proceedings of the International Cartographic Conference, Dresden, Germany

54. Robinson AC, Pezanowski S, Troedson S, Bianchetti RA, Blanford JI, Stevens J, Guidero E, Roth RE, MacEachren AM. (2013) SymbolStore.org: A Web-based Platform for Sharing Map Symbols. Cartography & Geographic Information Science.

55. Glunt, K., Blanford, J.I., Paaijmans, K. (2013) Chemicals, climate and control: Increasing the effectiveness of malaria vector control tools by considering relevant temperatures. PloS Pathogens

56. Foster, L.M. & Blanford, J.I. (2013) Improving Cadastre: Development of a workflow protoype utilizing ESRI's Parcel Fabric. URISA Journal 25(2): 63-74

57. Chen, S., Blanford, J.I., Hutchinson, M., Fleischer, S., Saunders, M., Thomas, M.B. (2013) Estimating West Nile Virus transmission potential in Pennsylvania using an optimized degree-day model. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Disease. (13) 489-497

58. Aurit, M., Peterson, R.O., Blanford J.I. (2013) A GIS analysis of the relationship between sinkholes, dry-well complaints and groundwater pumping for frost-freeze protection of winter strawberry production in Florida. PLoSOne  8(1): e53832.

59. Blanford, J.I., Kumar, S., Wei, L. and MacEachren, A.M. (2012) It’s a long, long walk: accessibility to hospitals, maternity and integrated health centers in Niger. International Journal of Health Geographics. 

60. Robinson, A.C., Roth, R.E., Blanford, J., Pezanowski, S., and A.M. MacEachren. (2012) Developing map symbol standards through an iterative collaboration process. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design.39(6):1034-1048

61. Bianchetti, R. A., Wallgrün, J. O., Yang, J., Blanford, J. I., Robinson, A. C., & Klippel, A. (2012). Free classification of Canadian and American emergency management map symbol standards. The Cartographic Journal.49(4):350-360

62. MacEachren A. M., Jaiswal, A., Robinson, A.C., Pezanowski, S., Savelyev, A., Mitra, P., Zhangi, X. & Blanford, J. (2011) SensePlace2: GeoTwitter Analytics Support for Situational Awareness. VAST 

63. Robinson, A.C., Roth, R.E., Blanford, J.I., Pezanowski, S., MacEachren, A.M. (2011) A Collaborative Process for Developing Map Symbol Standards. Procedia- Social and Behavioural Sciences. 21:93-102

64. MacEachren A. M.,  Robinson, A.C., Jaiswal, A., Pezanowski, S., Savelyev, A., Blanford, J., & Mitra, P. (2011) July 3-8. Geo-Twitter Analytics: Applications in Crisis Management. 25th International Cartographic Conference, Paris, France

65. Tomaszewski, B., Blanford, J.I, Ross, K., Pezanowski, S. & MacEachren A.M. (2011) Supporting Geographically-aware WebDocument Foraging and Sensemaking. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.35:192-207

66. Roth, RE, Finch, BG., Blanford JI., Klippel, A., Robinson, AC and MacEachren, AM (2011) Card sorting for cartographic research and practice. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 38(2).

67. Paaijmans, K.P., Blanford, S., Bell, A.S., Blanford, J.I., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2010). Influence of climate on malaria transmission depends on daily temperature variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107: 15135–15139. 

68. Roth, R.E., Finch, B.G., Blanford J.I., Klippel, A., Robinson, A.C. and MacEachren, A.M. (2010) November 18 'The card sorting method for map symbol design.' Proceedings of the 2010 International Symposium on automated Cartography (AutoCarto), Orlando, FL

69. Klass, J.I.,  Blanford S., & Thomas M.B. (2007a) Development of a model for evaluating the effects of environmental temperature and thermal behaviour on biological control of locusts and grasshoppers using pathogens Agricultural and Forest Entomology 9(3): 189-199.

70. Klass, J.I., Blanford S., & Thomas M.B. (2007b) Use of a geographic information system to explore spatial variation in pathogen virulence and the implications for biological control of locusts and grasshoppers. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 9(3): 201-208.

71. Blanford, S. & Klass, J.I., (2004) Review of environmental effects on the performance of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum against the Desert locust under field conditions. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Pp.150+

72. Johnson, N. & Klass, J.I., (2003) The Impact of Crop Improvement on Rural Poverty: An Analysis of Bean Varieties Resistant to Bean Golden Mosaic Virus in Honduras. In Mathur, S. & Pachico, D. (eds.) Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction: Some Issues and Evidence. Economics and Impact Series 2. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Cali, Colombia.Pp 268.

73. Klass, J.I., Thomas, M. B. & Blanford, S., (2002) GIS solves locust control? In proceedings of the 22nd Annual ESRI International User Conference. San Diego, USA. July 8-12, 2002. 

74. Thomas, M. B., Klass, J.I. & Blanford, S., (2000) The Year of the Locust. Pesticide Outlook, pp.192-195.

75. Klass, J. I.(1999) GIS and Integrated Pest Management: Using GIS to locate and analyze patterns of bean golden mosaic virus in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Final Report. Canadian International Development Agency, Canada. pp.46

Other

Blanford, J.I. Position Paper: Spatial Data Science: Staying relevant in the digital age.  Spatial Data Science Symposium “Setting the Spatial Data Science Agenda”, December 9–11, 2019, Santa Barbara, CA 

Media

2024 - De cruciale rol van GeoHealth in de moderne geneeskunde. Oct 25 2024. ICT & Health https://icthealth.nl/magazine/editie-5-2024/de-cruciale-rol-van-geohealth-in-de-moderne-geneeskunde  

https://malariaworld.org/scientific-articles/managing-vector-borne-diseases-in-a-geo-ai-enabled-society-malaria-as-an-example

2018 - TRELIS Fellow - Training and Retaining Leaders in STEM-Geospatial Sciences

Selected and voted onto the Board of Directors UCGIS (University Consortium of Geographic      Information Science)  

2016 - Infectious disease transmission: It’s who you know and where you go

2015 - Where are they going? Using social media to understand human movement and disease transmission

2014 - Fall News Letter Geography

2013 - New approaches alters malaria maps

  Implications of temperature variation for malaria parasite development across Africa 

2012 - Restricted access to health care and seasonal conditions present higher risk of mortality in Niger

2010 - Malaria transmission intensity strongly correlates with daily temperature fluctuations

Awards

Publications by theme

Spatial and temporal analyses

• Blanford, J.I. and Kioko, K. (accepted) A multidimensional space-time geospatial analysis for examining the spatial trends of vector-borne diseases: 20 years of malaria in Kenya. Acta Tropica. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X25003092 

• Kioko, C. and Blanford, J.I. (2025) Malaria survey data and geospatial suitability mapping for understanding spatial and temporal variations of risk across Kenya. Parasite Epidemiology and Control. 28, e00399 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673124000631

• Blanford, J.I. (2025) Temperature variations across space and time: making statistics fun with geographic information and spatial analysis. Primus.1-21 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2025.2477280 

• Ifejube, J., Kuriakosa, S.L., Anish,T.S., van Westen, C., Blanford, J.I. (2024) Analysing the outbreaks of leptospirosis after floods in Kerala, India. International Journal of Health Geographics. 23. 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-024-00372-9

• Marghidan, C. P., van Aalst, M., Blanford, J.I., Guigma, K., Maure, G., Pinto, I., Arrighi, J., and Marrufo, T. (2023) Assessing the spatio-temporal distribution of extreme heat events in Mozambique using the CHIRTS temperature dataset for 1983-2016. Weather & Climate Extremes. 40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100565

• Mahama, P. N-J., Kabo-Bah, A. T. , Blanford, J. I., Yamba, E. I., & Antwi-Agyei, P. (2022). Reviewing the past, present, and future risks of pathogens in Ghana and what this means for rethinking infectious disease surveillance for Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 4589007:18. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4589007

• Felmlee, D., Blanford, J.I., Matthews, S., MacEachren, A.M. (2020) The Geography of Sentiment towards the Women’s March of 2017. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0233994

• Aurit, M., Peterson, R.O., Blanford J.I. (2013) A GIS analysis of the relationship between sinkholes, dry-well complaints and groundwater pumping for frost-freeze protection of winter strawberry production in Florida. PLoS One. 8(1)

• Blanford, J.I. and MGIS Geog 586 Students (listed in alphabetical order T. Belcher, T. Black, E. Derner, J. Dunham, E. Galvan Campanero, M. Gority, R. Jones, B. Kaley, J. Kuli, R. Ligon, E. Mandal, T. Quink, J. Shinsky, M. Sodek, N. Teigland, S. Turner) (2020) Pedal Power: Explorers and commuters of New York Citi Bikesharing scheme. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0232957

• Pfau, L. and Blanford J.I. (2018) Enhancing wilderness search and rescue through the use of geospatial data and technology. The Professional Geographer. 70(3):434-442

• Taber, E., Hutchinson, M.L., Smithwick, E.A., Blanford, J.I. (2017) A decade of colonization: the spread of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in Pennsylvania and implications for disease risk. Journal of Vector Ecology. 42(1):3-12 

• Blanford, J.I., Bernhardt, J., Savelyev, A., Wong-Parodi, G., Carleton, A.M., Titley, D.W. and MacEachren, A.M. (2014) Tweeting and Tornadoes. 11th International ISCRAM Conference. State College, Pennsylvania, USA. 

• Klass, J.I., Blanford S., & Thomas M.B. (2007) Development of a model for evaluating the effects of environmental temperature and thermal behaviour on biological control of locusts and grasshoppers using pathogens. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 9(3): 189-199.

• Klass, J.I., Blanford S., & Thomas M.B. (2007) Use of a geographic information system to explore spatial variation in pathogen virulence and the implications for biological control of locusts and grasshoppers. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 9(3): 201-208. 

Host-Pathogen-Environment Modelling / Spatial Disease Ecology

• Beerlage de Jong, N. and Blanford, J.I. (2025) Mapping the Risk of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Europe for Informed Vaccination Decisions. Journal of Travel Medicine. https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jtm/taae153/7925792

• Kioko, C. and Blanford, J.I. (2025) Malaria survey data and geospatial suitability mapping for understanding spatial and temporal variations of risk across Kenya. Parasite Epidemiology and Control. 28, e00399 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673124000631

• Blanford, J.I. (2024) Managing vector-borne diseases in a geoAI-enabled society. Malaria as an example. Journal of Acta Tropica. 260, 107406 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X24002870

• Kioko, K. and Blanford, J.I. (2023) Malaria in Kenya during 2020: malaria indicator survey and suitability mapping for understanding spatial variations in prevalence, intervention and risk. AGILE GIScience Ser., 4, 31

• Taber, E., Hutchinson, M.L., Smithwick, E.A., Blanford, J.I. (2017) A decade of colonization: the spread of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in Pennsylvania and implications for disease risk. Journal of Vector Ecology. 42(1):3-12

• Blanford, J.I., Blanford, S., Paaijmans, K., Schreiber, K., Crane, R., Mann, M., Thomas, M.B. (2013) Implications of temperature variation for malaria parasite development across Africa. Scientific Reports

• Paaijmans, K.P., Blanford, S., Bell, A.S., Blanford, J.I., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2010). Influence of climate on malaria transmission depends on daily temperature variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107: 15135–15139.

• Klass, J.I., Blanford S., & Thomas M.B. (2007) Development of a model for evaluating the effects of environmental temperature and thermal behaviour on biological control of locusts and grasshoppers using pathogens. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 9(3): 189-199.

• Klass, J.I., Blanford S., & Thomas M.B. (2007) Use of a geographic information system to explore spatial variation in pathogen virulence and the implications for biological control of locusts and grasshoppers. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 9(3): 201-208.

• Robert, B.N., Cherono, A., Mumo, E., Mwandawiro, C., Collins, O., Gichuki, P., Blanford, J.I., Snow, R.W., Okiro, E.A. (2023) Spatial variation and clustering of anaemia prevalence in school-aged children in Western Kenya PlosOne, 10.1371/journal.pone.0282382

• Logan, J., Jolly, A., and Blanford, J.I. (2016) The Sociospatial Network: Risk and the role of place in the transmission of infectious diseases. PLoS One 11(2):e0146915

Education

• Blanford, J.I. (2025) Temperature variations across space and time: making statistics fun with geographic information and spatial analysis. Primus.1-21 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2025.2477280 

• Frazier, A., Nelson, T., Kedron, P., Shook, E. Dodge, S., Murray, A., Goodchild, M., Battersby, S., Blanford, J., Claramunt, C., Holler, J., Koylu, C., Lee, A., Manson, S., Salap-Ayca, S., Wilson, J., Zhao, B.,  Bennett, L., Cabrera-Arnau, C., Franklin, R., McKenzie, G., Miller, H., Oshan, T., Rey S., Rowe, F., Shook, E.,  Spielman, S., Xu, W., (2025) Evolving Curriculum for GIScience in an Age of Disruptions. Transactions in GIS. 29:e70048. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/tgis.70048

• Primera, R., Blanford, J.I., Lemmens, R., Ronzhin, S. (2025 accepted) A Comprehensive Approach to Curriculum Development: Integrating a 5-Phase Redesign, ABC Learning Design, and GeoCourseHub Ontology for Multi-Modal Geospatial Education. SEFI Conference

• King, J., Primera, R., Verkroost, M.J., Verheij, L.,Cray, L., Blanford, J.I. (2024) Collaborative course (re)design: adapting learning design to support curriculum transformations. SEFI Conference, Lausanne, September 2024.

• Blanford, J.I. and Verplanke, J. (2023) Transforming curriculums for an age of multi-modal education: a 5-phase approach. SEFI conference, Dublin September 12th 2023

• Blanford, J.I.Bowlick, F., Gidudu, A., Gould, M., Griffin, A.L., Kar, G., Kemp, K., de Róiste, M., de Sabbata, S., Sinton, D., Strobl, J., Tate, N., Toppen, F., Unwin, D. (2021) LOCKDOWN LESSONS: an international conversation on resilient GI science teaching. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 10.1080/03098265.2021.1986687

• Blanford, J.I.,Kennelly, P., King, B., Miller, D., Bracken, T. (2020) Merits of capstone projects in an online graduate program for working professionals. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2019.1694874

Mobility & Accessibility

• Al-Huraibi, A., Amer, S., Blanford, J.I. (2025) Efficient allocation of vaccination centers to maximize coverage using common modes of transportation such as the bicycle. Geospatial Health 

• Sznajder, K., Eshak, T., Biney, A., Dodoo, N., Wang, M., Toprah, T., Blanford, J.I., Jensen, L., Dodoo, F. N-A. (2024) Adverse childhood experiences are associated with HIV risk factors in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 19(3), 593–608. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2024.2354378

• Blanford, J.I., N. Beerlage-de  Jong, S. Schouten, A. Friedrich, V. Araujo-Soares (2022) Navigating travel in Europe during the pandemic: from mobile apps, certificates, quarantine to traffic-light system. Journal of Travel Medicine. taac006, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac006

• Green, B. and Blanford, J.I. (2020) Estimating populations in refugee camps: a toolkit using remotely sensed data. Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Pp 2197- 2206.

• Blanford, J.I., Huang, Z., Savelyev, A. and MacEachren, A.M. (2015) Geo-located tweets. Enhancing mobility maps and capturing cross-border movement. PLos ONE 10(6): e0129202DataLink

• Al-Huraibi, A., Amer, S., Blanford, J.I. (2023) Cycling to get my vaccination: how accessible are COVID-19 vaccination centers in the Netherlands? AGILE: GIScience Series, 4, 16, 2023

• Blanford, J.I., Bernhardt, J., Savelyev, A., Wong-Parodi, G., Carleton, A.M., Titley, D.W. and MacEachren, A.M. (2014) Tweeting and Tornadoes. 11th International ISCRAM Conference. State College, Pennsylvania, USA. 

• Blanford, J.I., Kumar, S., Luo, W. and MacEachren, A.M. (2012) It’s a long, long walk: accessibility to hospitals, maternity and integrated health centers in Niger. International Journal of Health Geographics.

GeoVisualisation

• Tjaden, N.,  Geeraedts, F., Riezebos-Brilman, A., Kioko, C., Al Naiemi, N., Blanford, J.I., Beerlage-de Jong, N. (2024) The power of interactive maps for communicating spatio-temporal data to health professionals. Geospatial Health

• Tjaden, N. and Blanford, J.I. (2023) ENDIG. Interactive GeoVisualisation of Notifiable Diseases for Disease Surveillance Systems in Europe. AGILE GIScience Ser., 4, 46, https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-4-46-2023

• Felmlee, D., Blanford, J.I., Matthews, S., MacEachren, A.M. (2020) The Geography of Sentiment towards the Women’s March of 2017. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0233994

• Blanford, J.I., Bernhardt, J., Savelyev, A., Wong-Parodi, G., Carleton, A.M., Titley, D.W. and MacEachren, A.M. (2014) Tweeting and Tornadoes. 11th International ISCRAM Conference. State College, Pennsylvania, USA.

• MacEachren A. M., Jaiswal, A., Robinson, A.C., Pezanowski, S., Savelyev, A., Mitra, P., Zhangi, X. & Blanford, J. (2011) SensePlace2: GeoTwitter Analytics Support for Situational Awareness. Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), IEEE Conference. 181-190.

• Tomaszewski, B., Blanford, J.I., Ross, K., Pezanowski, S. & MacEachren A.M. (2011) Supporting Geographically-aware WebDocument Foraging and Sensemaking. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.35:192-207

GeoHealth

• Blanford (2024) Geographic information, geospatial technologies and spatial data science for health. Pp376. CRC Taylor & Francis.

• Amer, S., Augustijn, E-W., Anthonj, C., Tjaden, N., Blanford, J.I., van den Homberg, M., Rinaldi, L., van Rompay, T., Zurita-Milla, R. (2024) The present and future of Geospatial Health: achievements, innovations, priorities. Geospatial Health. https://www.geospatialhealth.net/gh/article/view/1355

• Blanford, J.I. and Jolly, A. M. (2021) Public health needs GIScience (like now!), AGILE GIScience Ser., 2, 18.

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